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There are many resources available about nuclear energy. The list below is only provided as a guide for convenience. Information contained on the linked websites is not endorsed by nor guaranteed to be accurate by the INL.
The first section of bullets is a good place to find introductory material about nuclear energy. Additional resources can be found on the links page, and more in-depth information is available from most Web sites.
Introduction and Overviews
- An introduction to nuclear energy (World Nuclear Association)
- Electricity from Nuclear Energy
- Nuclear Reactors
- Nuclear Science and Technology (American Nuclear Society)
- Nuclear Reaction: Why do americans fear nuclear power? (PBS)
- Timelines - PBS, ANS
- Video - Splitting Atoms
- Glossaries - World Nuclear Association, American Nuclear Society, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, DOE/EIA
- U.S. and World Nuclear Generation of Electricity
Health and Radiation
- About radiation and radioactivity (American Nuclear Society)
- Health Physics Society
- Radiation Safety at Nuclear Power Plants: Studies Look at Public, Workers
- Radiation and Human Health
- Beneficial Uses of Radiation
Nuclear Power Plants
- Generating electricity from a nuclear power plant (American Nuclear Society)
- Listing of - U.S. reactors, world reactors
- Power Reactor Information System
Nuclear Fuel and Spent Nuclear Waste
- Barge Transportation of Used Nuclear Fuel
- The nuclear fuel cycle (World Nuclear Association)
- Nuclear fuel information and the U.S. uranium fuel industry
- Spent nuclear fuel tutorial (INL)
- Waste management in the spent nuclear fuel cycle (World Nuclear Association)
- Nuclear Waste (American Nuclear Society)
- Nuclear and Uranium
- U.S. DOE Office of Civilian and Radioactive Waste Management
- Yucca Mountain Project
Organizations
- ANS - American Nuclear Society
- GIF - Generation IV International Forum
- IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
- NEED - National Energy Education Development
- NEI - Nuclear Energy Institute
- NERI - U.S. DOE Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
- NST - U.S. DOE Office of Nuclear Science and Technology
- NRC - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- WNA - World Nuclear Association
International
- Austria - Austrian Research Center
- Australia - Uranium and Nuclear Information Center
- Britain - British Nuclear Energy Society, British Nuclear Industry Forum
- Canada - Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- Europe - European Nuclear Society
- France - The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), French Nuclear Energy Society
- Switzerland - Swiss Association for Nuclear energy
U.S. Universities
- Boise State University
- Cornell University
- Georgia Institute Technology
- Idaho State University
- Kansas State University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- North Carolina State University
- Ohio State University
- Oregon State University
- Texas A & M
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Idaho
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- University of New Mexico
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
U.S. Companies/Contractors
- Babcock and Wilcox
- Battelle
- Bechtel
- General Atomics
- General Electric (GE) Power Systems
- Westinghouse
Other Links
- General inquiries:
- Nuclear Communications